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 n s. m. MAY 13, i9ii.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

SIB JOHN ABTJNDEL OF CLEBKENWELL. Who was this knight who contributed 50Z. to the Spanish Armada fund in 1588 ? In the registers of St. James's, Clerkenwell, between 1580 and 1589, there are five entries of the burials of servants of Sir John Arundel, .and in 1591-3 of servants of John Arundel, Esq., though not of the knight himself. The name appears to have continued in the parish for some time. W. D. PINK.

MBS. BBOWNING'S POBTBAIT. I under- stand that a coloured crayon drawing of Mrs. Browning appeared in a London saleroom in 1908, but I have been unable to trace it. Can any reader give me information regarding its present ownership ?

W. J. WILLIAMS.

The Bungalow, Addlestone, S.O., Surrey.

GLADSTONE ON THE UPAS TBEE. Can .any reader kindly give me a reference to Gladstone's use of the phrase "upas tree " ? I believe he used it in a speech, or perhaps a letter, during the sixties. My search has liitherto been fruitless, and I shall be glad to trace the occasion on which Gladstone used the words. H. T. C.

" THAT MAN is THOUGHT A DANGEBOUS KNAVE." A poem, belonging, I think, to the middle of the last century, and entitled, I believe, ' The Men of Old,' begins :

That man is thought a dangerous knave,

Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind

Is wiser than his time.

Who is the author ? E. V. L.

the words of this song ? V. H. C.
 * BBITONS, STBIKE HOME! ' Who wrote

[The song is No. 44 in Dr. F. J. Sawyer's ' Graded iSchool-Song Book ' (published by the Vincent Music Company), but a note at the head of it says : " Modern words by F. J. S., except verse 3, which is traditional."]

' RALPH ROISTEB DOISTEB.' Udal died in 1555. Is there any authority for suggest- ing that the prayer for the Queen with which the play ends was written by another hand in praise of Mary's successor ? It is true that the " flagellant head master of Eton " was not in disfavour with Mary, but would a divine with such Protestant leanings have

prayed that she should defend the faith ? If J. A. Symonds and the editors of the play in " The Temple Dramatists " are correct, ' Ralph Roister Doister ' was written before 1553, and therefore before any queen sat on the throne of England.

The lines are quite in keeping with Eliza- bethan eulogy. The play was not printed until, the eighth year of Elizabeth's reign.

P. A. McELWAINE.

SHAKESPEABE : TALLIS & Co.'s EDITION. I shall be glad to learn the literary value of the three-volume edition of Shakespeare's works, published by Messrs. Tallis & Co. I subjoin a copy of the title-page.

" The Complete Works of Shakspere | Revised from the original Editions | with | Historical and Analytical Introductions to each Play [ also | Notes Explanatory and Critical and Life of the Poet | by J. O. Halli'well, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A. | Member of the Council of the Shakspere Society etc. | and other eminent Commentators. | Elegantly and appropriately illustrated by | Portraits engraved on steel, from daguerreotypes | of the greatest and most intellectual actors | of the age. 1 Taken in the embodiment of the varied | and life-like characters of our great national I poet. | Comedies. | Printed and Published by John Tallis and Company | Lon- don and New York."

When was this edition published, and how many copies were issued ? Has it any relation to a superb edition published, or prepared, by J. O. Halliwell, in 16 volumes, of which only -150 copies or so -were printed ?

GEO. CONNELL.

WILLIAM EVATT, CLEBK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1784-1802. I should be glad to know if William Evatt of St. Paul's, Co vent Garden, who married in 1763 Susan Brown of Hackney, had previously married a Miss Taverner. I notice that Francis Taverner was with William Evatt a witness to another Evatt marriage in 1755.

G. J. H. EVATT, Surgeon-General.

Junior United Service Club, S. W.

" WELCOME AS THE FLOWEBS IN MAY."- How old is this form of greeting ? It was in constant use years ago amongst ordinary folk, and many a stranger has been greeted as a friend by " A'wm glad ter sey yo : y'or as welcome as flowers i' May." How far back can it be traced ?

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

' THE COMING NATION.' Address wanted of publisher of an English periodical, The Coming Nation. It is not in the B. M. Catalogue. W. H. SHBUBSOLE.

22, Halons Road, Eltham.